Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2024-01-09

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jan 9
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
89 head
13 vs last sale 102 107 vs year ago 196 · 54.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
14 vs last sale 32 42 vs year ago 60 · 70.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
11 vs last sale 19 33 vs year ago 41 · 80.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend on feeder cattle due to the lack of comparable calves in today's offering. Feeder demand was good for the higher quality calves. No test on slaughter cows due to low receipts and the slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $218.98/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$218.98
46 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,164
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$473
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$52.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.83
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2521232.301,21133
Medium and Large 2601186.721,12210thin
Medium and Large 2-3410180.007383thin
One grade step is worth $52.30/cwt here — about $473 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale46 hd
218.98
KY average26 barns · 2,538 hd
211.15
+7.83
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,968127.262,50412
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45599.661,4502thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19885.001,0182thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,02055.005611thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)815$1,4751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,028$1,4132thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)877$8503thin

Every lot, as filed

31 lots · USDA AMS · United Producers Inc. - Bowling Green, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450175.00/cwt175.00–175.007881
BullsMedium and Large 2-3370185.00/cwt185.00–185.006851
BullsMedium and Large 2655180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1795
BullsMedium and Large 2-3410180.00/cwt180.00–180.007381
BullsMedium and Large 2415206.11/cwt202.50–210.008552
BullsMedium and Large 1-2594227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3519
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2435217.50/cwt217.50–217.509465
SteersMedium and Large 2560212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,1901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2663221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,4653
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2702170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1933
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2526203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,06810
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3598185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1063
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,1552
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3448185.00/cwt185.00–185.008292
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3387210.00/cwt210.00–210.008133
BullsMedium and Large 2718182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,3102
BullsMedium and Large 2470190.00/cwt190.00–190.008931
BullsMedium and Large 1-2528229.02/cwt217.50–237.501,20915
BullsMedium and Large 1-2445242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0798
BullsMedium and Large 1-2380243.00/cwt243.00–243.009231
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1-2805800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Stock CowsSmall 1-2790800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0201,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0351,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-28151,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Stock CowsMedium 1-21,035950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Bulls1,968127.26/cwt120.00–131.002,50412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1341
CowsLean 85-90%1,02055.00/cwt55.00–55.005611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13580.00/cwt80.00–80.009081
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45599.66/cwt95.00–105.001,4502

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.